Marion vs Upland

A side-by-side comparison of Marion and Upland: population, income, housing, and more.

Marion and Upland are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Marion has the higher population (27,384 vs 3,935 in Upland). Upland has the higher median household income ($74,663 vs $43,349 in Marion). Upland has the higher median home value ($170,800 vs $83,200 in Marion).

Population, income & housing

	Marion	Upland
Population	27,384	3,935
Median age	34.8 yrs	21.8 yrs
Median household income	$43,349	$74,663
Median home value	$83,200	$170,800
Median gross rent	$760	$800
Housing units	12,906	1,095
Homeownership rate	58.9%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	43.7%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marion	Upland
Population	27,956 → 27,384 (-2.0%)	3,733 → 3,935 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$32,977 → $43,349 (+31.5%)	$56,364 → $74,663 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$67,800 → $83,200 (+22.7%)	$128,300 → $170,800 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$673 → $760 (+12.9%)	$611 → $800 (+30.9%)

Marion

Population

27,95627,384

Median household income

$32,977$43,349

Median home value

$67,800$83,200

Median gross rent

$673$760

Upland

Population

3,7333,935

Median household income

$56,364$74,663

Median home value

$128,300$170,800

Median gross rent

$611$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marion	Upland
Under 5	5.8%	3.0%
5 to 17	14.5%	16.2%
18 to 24	18.1%	38.1%
25 to 34	11.8%	6.5%
35 to 44	9.6%	8.8%
45 to 54	8.3%	7.3%
55 to 64	13.4%	7.8%
65 to 74	10.7%	6.6%
75 and over	7.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marion	Upland
White (non-Hispanic)	74.9%	80.4%
Black or African American	9.8%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.4%
Asian	1.4%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marion	Upland
No high school diploma	14.9%	8.7%
High school graduate	39.5%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	27.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marion	Upland
Drove alone	71.2%	54.6%
Carpooled	10.7%	6.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	9.9%	22.5%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.5%
Worked from home	5.8%	15.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marion	Upland
1-unit, detached	70.9%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	1.1%
20 or more units	6.4%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Marion	Upland
Poverty rate	27.0%	8.8%
Average household size	2.15	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1958	1973